Annotation:Rock the Cradle Lucy (1)

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ROCK THE/THAT CRADLE LUCY. AKA – "Rock that Baby Lucille.” Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; north Georgia, Oklahoma. D Major. ADae tuning (fiddle). AABB + Coda. Some see similarities to "Soldier's Joy (1)."

Rock that cradle Lucy, rock that cradle long,
Rock that cradle Lucy, keep that baby warm.

Rock that cradle Lucy, rock that cradle spry,
Rock that cradle Lucy, don't let that baby cry.

Rock that cradle Lucy, rock it Lucy Long,
Rock that cradle Lucy, keep that baby warm. ... ... [The Skillet Lickers]

The tune was recorded by the Georgian string band the Cofer Brothers (Joseph Scott gives that Leon Coffer’s wife was seven months pregnant with Leon Jr. at the time).

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Max Collins (Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma) [Thede]; The Skillet Lickers (Atlanta, Georgia) [Kuntz]; Mark Gaponoff [Silberberg].

Printed sources : - Kuntz (Ragged But Right), 1987; pp. 331-332. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 132. Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967; pp. 21-22.

Recorded sources: - County 506, The Skillet Lickers - "Old Time Tunes Recorded 1927-1931."